[football] walk side by side

"The two sides have not made much change in the lineup. The only difference is that Porto chose to retreat the defense line in this game. Does this mean to strengthen the defense?"

In fact, Jimmy's conjecture is not wrong, but it can't be said that it will be completely correct.

Porto did withdraw the defense line to limit Giuly's speed advantage, and this approach also made Porto's defense more stable-but this does not mean that Porto's choice in this game is defense.

Mourinho's strategy for the team is to defend and attack firmly. On the basis of a solid defense, he also conducts a solid and effective offense.It is not necessary to be able to score goals quickly, the important thing is to control the game.

Of course, most importantly, Porto has no reason to choose to defend.Even if it is purely on the board, Porto's overall strength is stronger than Monaco. Porto does not need to use any other tactics in this game. Confidence, unity, steady play, goals and victory will naturally come naturally.

Cyril made a long pass and stuffed the ball through the gap in Monaco's defense.

Maniche, who went forward to catch the ball, did not pass the ball. The Monaco defenders in front did not give him a good chance to pass the ball. It was impossible to push forward. He simply lifted his foot and tried a long shot.

The ball hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

"It's a pity that Porto doesn't have any real long-range shooters in the team, otherwise this goal may be scored." Jimmy sighed. He is neither a fan of Porto nor a fan of Monaco, but the advantage of Porto right now is already again. It is obvious: "Porto played very well, their defense and attack are very stable, Monaco can hardly find any good opportunities."

At this moment, as the game passed by every minute and every second, although the stalemate on the field has not been broken, Porto's state is obviously playing better and better. They did not give Monaco much chance to threaten the goal, and they repeatedly threatened the opponent. The shot of the goal was born.

Unlike in the UEFA Cup final, where the stands were dominated by Celtic fans.

The fans in Monaco are not so loyal. Now the stands are completely divided between Portuguese fans and Monaco fans, and even Porto fans are even better.The miracle of reaching the Champions League final made Porto fans full of passion for this game. Tickets for the game were fired to more than several times the original price in Porto, but the supply was still in short supply.

Therefore, in the face of Porto's fast breaks again and again, the Porto fans also showed great enthusiasm. They clapped their hands and sang loudly in the stands. These songs are the official songs of the Porto coach and players. The Porto fans at the scene They sang these songs, each capital in turn.

On the court, Porto is also constantly putting pressure on Monaco.

Although Monaco has had many wonderful performances this season, these players have become helpless when facing Porto's defense.

There are no stars in the Porto team.

But it is precisely because they do not have the slightest starlight, so they can be more united than the rich teams, and they are less likely to lose their mentality-they will not underestimate any opponent. Porto under Mourinho has become A down-to-earth and strong team.

Roten is a real danger on the left wing of Monaco, but it is difficult for him to break through the right flank guarded by Paulo Ferreira. This is not surprising, because he defended Manchester United's Giggs in the previous knockout round and Luke of La Coruña.

In addition, Morientes on the front line should not be underestimated. The striker produced by Real Madrid has always done a good job in grasping the opportunities in front of the goal, but in this game, Ricardo Carvalho's Existence made him useless.

Once again Monaco's attack came to a screeching halt just outside Porto's box.

Morientes made a gesture to move the ball to the side, which actually attracted Carvalho's center of gravity to move to the side, but he was unmoved by Morientes' move. The timing was right, but he broke the ball from under his feet, and then immediately distributed the ball to Cyril, who was in the midfielder position.

Morientes has nothing to do with Carvalho.

Monaco's defense did the same for Cyril.

In this game, Deco's task is still to divide offense and defense equally. Porto's solid defense, and Maniche in the midfield position, Deco's midfield interception ability, let Cyril almost completely released.He can wantonly break through Monaco's defense with his own extraordinary, or choose to work with his teammates to play a series of beautiful offensive cooperation, which made Monaco's gate once jittery.

Just when everyone thought that the first half of the game was about to end in a draw, Porto scored.

Cyril, who received the ball, played very easily. Porto's offense was oppressive, which kept Monaco's defense on the verge of collapse. Cyril was also able to consider the best offensive line more calmly when facing Monaco.

He glanced at Monaco's defense.

As the ball was passed to Cyril's feet, Monaco's defensive players were in a bad mood.

"Carvalho steals up front and Morientes cuts the ball! He chooses to pass the ball to Slade... The Monaco players seem to be a little panicked, which is not difficult to understand because it was just In the 10 minutes of the first half, he caused too much trouble for Monaco, whether it was a personal breakthrough or his sharp long pass, it gave Monaco a headache."

And what worries Cyril the most is probably Zicos in Monaco.

He encountered a problem that many teams who played against Porto will encounter: continue to focus on Deco, or switch to Cyril?

Deschamps gave him the task of staring at Deco, but staring at Deco, Porto and Cyril.In the same way, if you choose to mark Cyril, it will inevitably liberate Deco in the midfielder position.

Everyone knows the purpose of Mourinho's setting up like this, but knowing it doesn't mean being able to prevent it.

A player can't defend Deco, and Cyril is not as good as Deco in organization and defense, but Cyril's dribble is sharper and sharper than Deco!

The hesitation in the process of defending Cyril doomed Zicos' defense to fail.

Cyril pushed the ball to the left, but Zicos did not move. He thought it was just a fake move, because although Cyril was moving to the left, his center of gravity did not move to the left, so Zicos just stared at his change. While moving, he maintained a posture of preparing to steal the ball.

However, Cyril did not intend to make a fake move. Since Zicos did not move, Cyril was not polite, and directly made a quick stop and changed direction, leaving Zicos behind.

After getting rid of Zicos, Cyril continued to accelerate forward, and at the same time, he quickly thought about his choice-whether to use his breakthrough to disrupt Monaco's defense, tear open the gap and create a shot for his teammates, or continue to dribble the ball Breakthrough, try to score a goal?

He took a good look and the Monaco players were not confused by his breakthrough.That being the case...

Porto's attack is fast.

But at this moment, when Cyril was running at full speed on the court, this personal breakthrough that omitted the passing process was faster than Porto's overall offense!

Originally, the Monaco players were still wary of Cyril's pass - in the past half an hour, Cyril had relied on personal breakthroughs to tear through the defense line more than once, and then waited for an opportunity to create opportunities for Porto's striker.

But soon, as Cyril's speed became faster and faster, they suddenly realized: This time, it seems to be different?

Realizing that something was wrong, the Monaco players immediately greeted Cyril. Cyril glanced at Evra who was rushing straight towards him. The distance between the two was not too close, so Cyril simply changed direction. Accelerated to avoid the opponent, and did not give Evra a chance to get close!

How could Evra be wiped away so easily? Seeing that Cyril was about to break through to the restricted area, he hurried back and shouted: "Stop him!!!"

However, at this moment, there is only a scattered line of defense left in front of Cyril.

He no longer hesitated, and ran to the neutral position in Monaco by running at a high speed that never slowed down. Cyril stopped the ball steadily and raised his foot to shoot. Rodriguez stretched his foot to hook the ball!

Rodriguez's action is aimed at the ball, and there is no possibility of fouling. Of course, Cyril can dodge the Monaco defender and look for opportunities to score goals, but if this delays for a long time, the chance of shooting will be reduced. will be even rarer.

It can't go on like this!

Cyril's center of gravity moved down, as if he had slipped and fell to the ground. In this way, Rodriguez's foot that was going to hook the ball kicked Cyril's calf!

Rodriguez was stunned. Could it be that Slade is going to dive?But his intention of hooking the ball was obvious, the referee couldn't possibly call him a foul... He was still in a daze here, but there were cheers from tens of thousands of fans in the stands!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Cyril - Slade! In the last minute of the first half, Porto scored first and took the lead over Monaco! Porto's offense and defense are desperately stable! They hardly make mistakes, Monaco It's hard to find opportunities under them!"

"Cyril Slade gave us an imaginative goal! Rodriguez thought he was going to dive and Slade used the sliding position to push the ball!! Look carefully at this goal In fact, it is not unfamiliar, just a few months ago in the Champions League group stage, Ronaldo used this method to break through the gate of Baier, and Slade repeated Ronaldo's wonderful shot again!"

Mourinho had accepted the first half ended in a draw, and Cyril's sudden goal made him jump up from the coach's bench excitedly!You know, in this heavyweight game, every goal is gold!

After scoring the goal, Cyril just got up from the ground, and before he had time to pat the grass clippings on his body, he was thrown to the ground by his excited teammates!

Costinia was the quickest. He pushed Cyril to the ground while grinning and smirking: "I'll see how you escape this time! Stay here obediently!" Cyril put him down in the last game. He didn't forget about sneaking away by himself after pressing down at the bottom!